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| Minimum unit pricing for alcohol is set to be rolled out across the UK if an experiment in Scotland is a success. Alcohol across the border will be priced at 50p a unit. That would take two litres of five per cent strength cider to £5 – at present, such booze is available for less than £2.50. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Sentinel - April 6 2017 |
| Deaths from drug overdoses continue to rise, with the UK recording the highest numbers in Europe, according to a new report from the EU drugs agency. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) identified a total of 8,441 overdose deaths in 2015, of which the UK accounted for 31 per cent. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 9th June 2017 |
| The Northern Ireland Gambling Prevalence Survey 2016, published on Thursday, identified concerning high rates of problem gambling in Northern Ireland compared to the rest of the UK. It revealed that 2.3% of those surveyed were problem gamblers, four times as high as in England (0.5%) and significantly greater than both Scotland (0.7%) and Wales (1.1%). | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | CARE Impact Direct - 2nd May 2017 |
| Problem gambling costs the UK more than £1 billion annually, according to a ground-breaking new report. The report, commissioned by the charity GambleAware, is reported to be the most detailed report into gambling costs in recent years. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 16th December 2016 |
| The Scottish Government’s plan to introduce minimum alcohol pricing has been given the go-ahead by the country’s highest court. The change, recently approved in the Inner House of the Court of Session, will enforce a minimum price per unit of alcohol of 50 pence. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 4th November 2016 |
| Four US states have backed the complete decriminalisation of cannabis, while several have given the green light to medical use of the drug. Voters in California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine backed decriminalisation, bringing the total number of states where it is legal to eight. Voters in Arizona opposed a pro-cannabis measure. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 11th November 2016 |
| 1 in 8 people in the UK are addicted to their smartphone. 54% of people in the UK said that the constant checking of phones at the dinner table is the most likely cause of a dinnertime argument. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Christianity - May 2016 |
| A recent study published in the scientific journal Addiction has found that gambling can significantly increase violence among men. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 9th September 2016 |
| Drug-related deaths reached a record high in Scotland last year, according to new figures. There were 706 drug-related deaths in 2015, a 15 per cent increase on 2014, when 613 people died. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 19th August 2016 |
| A recent study has found that nearly one in three bingo club players have experienced a gambling problem of some kind. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 5th August 2016 |
| Researchers believe that prayer can have a positive effect on those fighting addiction, it was reported in early May. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Evangelicals Now - June 2016 |
| Almost 1 in 500 babies were born dependent on drugs in hospitals in England last year, freedom of information requests by the BBC have shown. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 8th July 2016 |
| Britons lost £12.6 billion pounds gambling last year, according to new data by the Gambling Commission. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Christian Institute - 8th July 2016 |
| A report commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) into Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) has shown a link between problem gambling, betting shop proliferation and FOBT machine play. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | CARE Impact Direct - 27th May 2016 |
| Almost 1 in every 30 people know someone who has lost their job because of their gambling habit, a new report has found. A study by employment agency Reed in Partnership showed that three per cent of British adults know a person who has lost their job as a consequence of gambling addiction. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Christian Institute - 15th April 2016 |
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